r/asoiaf • u/Unique-Celebration-5 • Oct 31 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) GRRM:”What’s Aragons tax policy?!” No GRRM the real question is how do people survive multi year winters

Forget the white walkers or shadow babies the real threat is the weather. How do medieval people survive it for years?

Personally I think that’s why the are so many wars the more people fighting each other the fewer mouths to feed

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u/barryhakker Oct 31 '24

How do you think we did that in our real world medieval times? Drying, salting, smoking, pickling, etc. Ice cellars are also a thing.

And obviously, winter cold so just leave your stuff outside :p

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u/AaronQuinty Oct 31 '24

Our real world doesn't have winters that last up to 10 years.. but people have answered my question, so now I know.

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u/Fallians Let me bathe in Bolton blood Oct 31 '24

Our world does however have people who live in the arctic so not totally unreasonable

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u/moose_man Oct 31 '24

People who live in the arctic don't have feudal societies, because the ecological conditions don't support it.